Rainbow shape on Mars has stirred social media

NASA Launched on 30 July 2020 by perseverance The car landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, after a 7-month journey.

Within the physique of the Perseverance car, there was additionally a Mars helicopter known as Ingenuity. NASA, which landed the helicopter on the floor up to now days, additionally shared a photograph.

The arc-shaped rainbow-like construction seen within the background of the photograph shared by the house company on its Twitter account confused social media customers.

IS THERE A RAINBOW ON MARS?

Some customers thought they noticed a rainbow on Mars. Others argued that the shape was attributable to ice crystals in Martian clouds. However there have been additionally those that doubted the digicam lens.

Former president of the American Meteorological Affiliation, climate and local weather knowledgeable Dr. Marshall Shepherd contacted two consultants to unravel the thriller of the shape.

A type of consultants was Lisa Could, a former member of NASA’s Mars Program and technologist on the house firm Lockheed Martin. Could mentioned it would not rain on Mars, solely clouds of water vapor and water ice within the higher ambiance.

SHAPE CAMERA WELDED

The scientist acknowledged that the shape in query might have been attributable to the car’s HazCam digicam.

Dave Lavery, scientist and roboticist at NASA headquarters, “Undoubtedly not a rainbow. Simply inside reflections within the digicam lens.” he commented.

WILL AIR ON APRIL 11

If all goes effectively, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity will take off on April 11 and can go down in historical past as the primary helicopter to take off from a planet apart from Earth. The information obtained in the course of the flight will attain Earth on April 12.